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greenchipstocks.com - 17 days ago
How To Invest in the New Energy Paradigm
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Commercial agriculture consumes 10.3 quads (quadrillion BTUs) of primary energy in order to produce 1.4 quads of food energy. The inputs are mainly fossil fuels used in running tractors, producing artificial fertilizers, producing seeds, trucking, refrigeration, processing, freezing and cooking. ...

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Drumbeat: November 7, 2009
The Oil Drum — ... the huge heavy-oil resource in Alberta is being developed responsibly and that U.S. input on environmental fixes is welcome. Big Oil Recruits No. 2 U.S. Senator’s Nephew to Lobby Congress (Bloomberg) -- The lobbying group for oil companies such as Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. hired a nephew of U.S. Senator Richard Durbin to argue the industry’s case against climate-change legislation that threatens to slash profits. Insights from the ASPO Peak Oil Conference One of the more interesting themes that ...

Chris Nelder: Insights from the ASPO Peak Oil Conference
Peak Oil News — ... explained, we have built a complex food supply system with very low diversity and strong connectivity. Yet in nature, those characteristics lead to instability. Stable systems are highly diverse with weak connectivity. The very complexity and interconnectedness of our food web is, in itself, a dangerous vulnerability. Bradford aptly compared our blithe faith in the food supply system to "the hubris of Wile E. Coyote" just before he realizes he's about to plunge into the canyon. Green Chip Stocks

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